Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - portion
Portion
portion
n. & v. --n. 1 a part or share. 2 the amount of food allotted to one person. 3 a specified or limited quantity. 4 one's destiny or lot. 5 a dowry. --v.tr. 1 divide (a thing) into portions. 2 (foll. by out) distribute. 3 give a dowry to. 4 (foll. by to) assign (a thing) to (a person). Derivatives portionless adj. (in sense 5 of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF porcion portion f. L portio -onis
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English porcioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, portio; akin to Latin part-, pars part Date: 14th century an individual's part or share of something: as, a share received by gift or inheritance, dowry, enough food especially of one kind to serve one person at one meal, an individual's lot, fate, or fortune ; one's share of good and evil, an often limited part set off or abstracted from a whole, see: part II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century to divide into ~s ; distribute , to allot a dowry to ; dower ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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